OceanFirst Bank Awards $40,000 in Scholarships to Stockton Students
Galloway, N.J. – The OceanFirst Foundation presented a check for $40,000 to Stockton University on Nov. 14 that is providing 16 scholarships to first-year students for the 2022-23 academic year. Stockton President Harvey Kesselman said the $2,500 scholarships mean a lot to students and the university. “You have been an incredible partner. This really makes […]
Press of Atlantic City, Stockton partner to launch journalism lab
The Press of Atlantic City and Stockton University are teaming up on a new journalism lab aimed at developing the next generation of reporters. The Community Reporting Innovation Lab features two rooms in the John F. Scarpa Academic Center in Atlantic City that will be used for meeting and workspace. “Communities everywhere need […]
U.S. Supreme Court justice swears in Atlantic City police Chief Sarkos
There was a surprise attendee at police Chief James Sarkos’ public swearing in Thursday — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who grew up near Trenton and appeared via the internet to swear in the new chief. “I’m honored and humbled to be sworn in as chief in such an iconic building,” Sarkos, 46, […]
NJ Governor Murphy: Major National Event is Coming to Atlantic City
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, the incoming Chairman of the National Governor’s Association just broke major news on Thursday, November 17, 2022, during an interview. Governor Murphy confirmed for the first time anywhere that the National Governor’s Association Annual Summer Meeting for 2023 will be held in Atlantic City. Murphy confirmed that this […]
Luxury condos planned for the former Atlantic Club site
Developers of the Boardwalk property that once housed the Atlantic Club Casino say the building will be renovated into luxury condominiums. Rocco Sebastiani, the principal for Colosseo Atlantic City Inc., the New York investment and construction firm that owns the Boardwalk property, said plans are in the works to renovate the old casino property, […]
Most Atlantic City department heads missing from first meeting to track municipal problems
At the inaugural meeting Wednesday morning of the new CitiStat program, residents and business owners got a quick course in how to report a problem via the GovPilot computer system so its solution — or lack thereof — can be publicly tracked. But they could not tell their complaints to department heads, as is […]